"Our goal is to facilitate information sharing to support further industry growth, to help increase industry confidence and openness, and to offer a place for community building."

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network’s mission is to inspire social consciousness through design. We connect people who want to explore ways that design can positively impact our communities – ways that are thoughtful, informed, creative and responsible.

LISC's Green Development Center provides financial resources, technical information, partnership opportunities, and education to LISC programs and the community development field to support the use of green design, construction, and management principles in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

Seattle Is Greenest City, Oregon Is Greenest State; Massachusetts and Washington #2 and #4 | Xconomy

A slump in the housing market can mean an oppurtunity for inovative, and especially, green projects.